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EP 1 144 838 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 17.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/42 (21) Application number: 00976129.7 (22) Date of filing: 13.11.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02M 37/10 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0004/327 (87) International publication number: WO 0134/964 (17.05.2001 Gazette 2001/20)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 12.11.1999 GB 9926906 (71) Applicant: DANA CORPORATION Toledo, OH 43606 (US)	(72) Inventor: TUNSTER, Paul, Raymond HytheHampshire SO45 5GE (GB) (74) Representative: Cheyne, John Robert Alexander Mackenzie et al Haseltine Lake & Co.,Imperial House,15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)